Undifferentiated gonadal tissue, Y chromosome instability, and tumors in XY gonadal dysgenesis

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 445-459

  Bergeron, Mélanie Beaulieu ^a,b   Lemieux, Nicole ^a,b   Brochu, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dysgerminoma; Gonadal tumors; Gonadoblastoma; Undifferentiated gonadal tissue; XY gonadal dysgenesis; XY gonadal mosaicism

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONAD; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDIFFERENTIATED GONADAL TISSUE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XY; GONADOBLASTOMA; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISOENZYMES; KARYOTYPING; MALE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856403401     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/11-01-0960-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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